The life of a buddha cannot be discussed in terms of a beginning or an end because the true reality of life has no beginning or end. This is in keeping with the Three Truths of Emptiness, Provisionality, and the Middle Way. The Buddha has no birth or death because the Buddha is the selfless, dynamic, and interdependent true nature of life which has no birth or death. However, as a part of the dynamic interplay of all things, the Buddha’s awakening unfolds in terms of this world’s concepts of birth and death, striving and awakening. From the perspective of the Middle Way, the Buddha’s awakened life is what it is and cannot be defined as either transcendent or mundane, though it displays both aspects.